ARIZONAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePhishingRansomwareLockyData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 22, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

863

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP →3 incidents on file

LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP d/b/a Sagewood (AZ) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-11-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 863 individuals. An employee opened a phishing email disguised as an invoice, triggering a Locky variant ransomware attack that encrypted files across email, laptop, and network server systems. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, some SSNs, claims/billing, and clinical data. The CE contained the threat within one hour, verified no data was missing, upgraded anti-virus software, and conducted a risk analysis. OCR obtained written assurances requiring regular review of information system activity.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Nov 22, 2016

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed863 affectedView incident

Name: LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP
norm: lcs westminster partnership iv
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP
norm: lcs westminster partnership iv
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: LCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLPdba oflegal entity
Sagewooddba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 863nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: EmailLaptopNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; written assurances obtained regarding updated policies and procedures for regular review of information system activity
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Employee immediately reported incident to CE information technology services
Ransomware threat contained and eliminated within one hour
Verified no files were missing following the attack
Upgraded anti-virus software to better detect new malware threats
Conducted a risk analysis to assess threats to electronic PHI
Changes made: Updated anti-virus software
Risk analysis conducted
Policies and procedures updated to require regular review of information system activity (per OCR written assurances)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2016
Raw hash: a17c96c2623843fd2b049a07f482f910c76601d1ceac87fbfaf7fb142b516f56

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Reporting entityLCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP

Victim entityLCS Westminster Partnership IV, LLP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEmployee immediately reported incident to CE information technology services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing